List of all shark attacks in usa
Fatal Attacks
187
Unprovoked Attacks
1788
Total Attacks
2310
There have been a total of 2310 shark attacks in USA. Out of those, 187 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 8.10%. 1788 attacks came out of the blue while 522 have been provoked by humans.
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| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ehukai Beach Park, Sunset Beach, O'ahu | 11-11-1989 | 18h00 | Shark involvement prior to death was not confirmed | Wading, knocked down & swept away by large waves | Lower porton of body recovered 3 days later. Note: rare sighting of shark made at same beach on 11-5-1989 | NO | Edward Malek |
| Kahe Point, O'ahu | 13-10-1989 | 16h30 | Shark involvement suspected but not confirmed | Scuba diving | Disappeared 15 minutes into shallow dive. Decapitated body minus arm found by divers the following morning, then a large tiger shark appeared and consumed most of remains | NO | Ray Mehl, Jr. |
| Surfside Beach | 10-10-1989 | Evening | 4' shark | Surfing | Foot & leg bitten | NO | 12yo Jason Largent |
| Between Wrightsville Beach & Carolina Beach, New Hanover County | 07-10-1989 | Late afternoon | Shark involvement suspected but not confirmed | Diving | FATAL | NO | 49yo Doug Nunnally |
| Gulf of Mexico, 22 miles from Pensacola | 12-09-1989 | Afternoon | 150-lb shark | Fishing, stepped on hooked shark's head | Bitten by hooked shark PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 51yo Charles N. Swafford |
| Off Palos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles | 09-09-1989 | 4 to 5 m white shark | Observing a shark feeding on a carcass of a humpback whale | No injury to occupants. Shark bit boat's swim step & repeatedly pushed the boat away whenever if came within 4 to 5 m of the whale carcass | NO | 11.6 m fibreglass boat. Occupants: Tony DeCriston & Dan Fink | |
| Southeast Farallon Island, Farallon Islands | 08-09-1989 | 12h30 | 4 m to 5 m [13' to 16.5'] white shark | Hookah diving for abalone (descending) | Leg bitten | NO | 38yo Mark Tisserand |
| Salvo, Dare County | 08-09-1989 | Sandbar shark | Surfing | Non-fatal | NO | 31yo Robert Ballard | |
| 24 km off Santa Catalina Island in the Channel Islands | 02-09-1989 | Blue Shark | Filming 5' blue shark | Hand & both arms bitten PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 46yo Larry Stroup | |
| St Augustine, St Johns County | 21-08-1989 | 1.2 m [4'] shark | Swimming | 3 wounds on left hand | NO | 21yo Anthony McKnight |
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